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  • Northrop Grumman Delivers Mission Computer Systems for Marine Corps Helicopter Upgrade Program
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    Northrop Grumman Delivers Mission Computer Systems for Marine Corps Helicopter Upgrade Program

    Northrop Grumman has supplied its mission computer system to the U.S. Marine Corps in support of the service branch’s H-1 helicopter upgrade program. The company said Thursday the Tech Refresh Mission Computer was fielded onboard the UH-1Y and AH-1Z aircraft as part of the upgrade program which aims to replace UH-1N and AH-1W helicopters with […] More

  • Swedish Army Orders Additional BAE 155mm Ammo Rounds
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    Swedish Army Orders Additional BAE 155mm Ammo Rounds

    BAE Systems has received a contract from Sweden’s defense and material administration to supply an additional 254 Bofors 155-millimeter ammunition rounds to the Swedish army. The company said Thursday it will produce BONUS munitions at BAE’s manufacturing facility in Karlskoga, Sweden, and expects deliveries to occur during 2019. BONUS is designed to be fired from 155mm artillery launchers […] More

  • Report: Samsung Aims to Help US Military Build 5G Wireless Network
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    Report: Samsung Aims to Help US Military Build 5G Wireless Network

    Samsung collaborates with U.S. military services to develop a fifth-generation wireless network technology as part of efforts to speed up connectivity and support line-of-sight communications, Defense Systems reported Thursday. The report said Samsung uses its pre-commercial wave system and equipment to aid ongoing development trials of the 5G technology. Terry Halvorsen, chief information officer and […] More

  • Ken Asbury: CACI Eyes Machine Learning, EW Tech Investments for Intell Market Push
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    Ken Asbury: CACI Eyes Machine Learning, EW Tech Investments for Intell Market Push

    Ken Asbury, president and CEO of CACI International, has said the company plans to build up its products through investments in machine learning, electronic warfare and other technology capabilities that he thinks could help expand CACI’s offerings for the intelligence services market, CRN reported Thursday. Asbury said Thursday at the Arlington, Virginia-based defense information technology […] More

  • Raytheon to Produce Targeting Systems, Electronic Unit for Navy MQ-4C Triton UAS
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    Raytheon to Produce Targeting Systems, Electronic Unit for Navy MQ-4C Triton UAS

    Raytheon has received a three-year, $7.21 million contract to produce three multi-spectral targeting systems and one electronic unit to the U.S. Navy. The company will provide the MTS “B” AN/DAS-3 systems and electronic unit to support low-rate initial production of lot 2 MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft systems, the Defense Department said Thursday. DoD noted Raytheon will perform work in McKinney, […] More

  • Report: Lockheed Invests in Startups to Back Nanosatellite, Cyber Devt for Defense Applications
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    Report: Lockheed Invests in Startups to Back Nanosatellite, Cyber Devt for Defense Applications

    Lockheed Martin has made approximately $100 million in investments in 22 commercial technology startups since the defense contractor established its venture capital arm in 2007, CNBC reported Thursday. Lockheed Martin Ventures has invested this year in early-stage start-ups that work on technologies in the areas of cybersecurity, autonomous technology and nanosatellites and those companies include […] More

  • NASA to Host Industry Day for UAS Integration in Natl Airspace
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    NASA to Host Industry Day for UAS Integration in Natl Airspace

    NASA plans to host an industry day on Nov. 30 in San Diego, California, to convene and collect input from commercial and academic organizations that support ongoing projects to integrate unmanned aircraft systems into the national airspace system. The space agency said Thursday it aims to demonstrate the systems integration and operationalization of UAS in […] More

  • General Atomics to Build Arresting Gear Test Assets for Navy
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    General Atomics to Build Arresting Gear Test Assets for Navy

    General Atomics has secured an $11.2 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to produce test assets of an arresting gear system the company designed to manage deceleration of carrier-borne aircraft. The company will provide Advanced Arresting Gear test articles for the Navy Aircraft Launch and Recovery Equipment Program Office’s testing and evaluation efforts at an AAG […] More

  • Saab to Help Maintain Swedish Military’s Gripen C/D Aircraft Fleet
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    Saab to Help Maintain Swedish Military’s Gripen C/D Aircraft Fleet

    Saab has secured an order from the Sweden’s defense materiel administration to help maintain Gripen C/D fighter aircraft for the Swedish armed forces during 2018. The company said Tuesday the order exercises an option under a performance-based aircraft support and maintenance contract awarded in May. Services will cover technical system, publications, spare parts, repairs, ground support and pilot equipment. […] More

  • Boeing Pledges $50M in Charitable Grants for NonProfits
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    Boeing Pledges $50M in Charitable Grants for NonProfits

    Boeing has pledged to provide more than $50 million in grants to approximately 500 nonprofit organizations across 50 countries. The grants package will fund initiatives through 2018 and will augment Boeing’s expected $117 million in company and employee contributions to other charitable causes, the company said Thursday. The new investments will bring the company’s total community contributions in 2017 to approximately […] More

  • Gillian Duggan Named Cobham HR & Comms EVP
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    Gillian Duggan Named Cobham HR & Comms EVP

    Gillian Duggan, formerly group human resources director at Berendsen, has joined aerospace and defense technology company Cobham as executive vice president of HR and communications. Cobhan said Thursday Duggan previously spent 12 years at infrastructure support services provider Amey, where she held the roles of group HR director and managing director for two business units. Earlier in her career, […] More

  • Saudi Arabian Military Industries Names A&D Vet Andreas Schwer CEO, Forms Board of Directors
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    Saudi Arabian Military Industries Names A&D Vet Andreas Schwer CEO, Forms Board of Directors

    Andreas Schwer, former president and chairman of the board at Rheinmetall International, has joined state-owned defense contractor Saudi Arabian Military Industries as CEO He brings leadership experience in multiple international aerospace and defense companies to his new position, SAMI said Tuesday SAMI also formed a board of directors to be led by Ahmed Al Khateeb. The company entered […] More